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“This Is Us” star Chrissy Metz will portray the lead in Fox 2000’s faith-based movie “The Impossible,” set up with “Miracles From Heaven” producer DeVon Pickings Franklin.

Roxann Dawson is directing from a script by Grant Nieporte, based on Joyce Smith’s book “The Impossible: The Miraculous Story of a Mother’s Faith and Her Child’s Resurrection.” Smith wrote the book about her 14-year-old son coming back to life through her prayer and Under the Silver Lake faith — even though his heart had stopped after he fell through a frozen lake in Missouri.

Marisa Paiva will oversee production for the studio. Green Book Filming is expected to begin in March in Winnipeg.